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Thread: SHOT SHOW 2011 - New Firearms Optics (Trijicon, Insight, Eotech)

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    awesome thanks for all the great pics for those of us who couldnt get down there
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunnerlove View Post
    Users are currently bitching about reliability and battery life with the full price Milspec models. Who wants to go to war with an optic that turns itself off for a number of reasons including being left on, shock from recoil or getting hot in the sun. The battery life also sucks. Who cares about hours when there are optics on the market with battery life measured in years.

    I am not a fan.
    Everyone that I know who has used them have NO complaints. Any yes, a large sample of those 'went to war' with them. And they weren't people who hid inside FOB's, OP's, and the like - with nothing better to do than ##### about their optics.

    They were people who spent more time dismounted bashing their weapons and optics around as they went cross country. There were a LOT of EoTechs. No problems, including a personally owned 552 purchased in 2004 with multiple tours behind it.

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    Ever grab your rifle out of a vehicle rack to find the Eotech had turned itself off? or killed the battery?

    Ever use an Aimpoint?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunnerlove View Post
    Ever grab your rifle out of a vehicle rack to find the Eotech had turned itself off? or killed the battery?

    Ever use an Aimpoint?
    I like have and like bought the aimpoint

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunnerlove View Post
    Ever grab your rifle out of a vehicle rack to find the Eotech had turned itself off? or killed the battery?

    Ever use an Aimpoint?
    Not a bash, just an observation. Unless this is super common, which from the people I've talked to it is not, It would not concern my purchase. I have not used either, but I will be going for the eotech simply for the 1 moa dot vs 2 moa as I plan on eventually having a flip away magnifier with it too.

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    Oh, forgot to mention, if you meant you'd rather see increased battery life vs eotech making a .22 model.. I totally agree with you on that.. but I just dont see the battery life thing being a real-life concern.

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    mouth breathers?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunnerlove View Post
    Ever grab your rifle out of a vehicle rack to find the Eotech had turned itself off? or killed the battery?
    No. I used my rifle. I left the Eotech on for hours, and hours. Also: If you use your rifle outdoors, you press the button to adjust intensity long before 8 hour auto-shutoff kicks in.

    Ever use an Aimpoint?
    Yep. The Eotech works far better for me, and I haven't had a problem with any of the four models I've owned personally. No one that I know, who put their optics through the hell of seven months of dismounted operations had any of these phantom functionality problems that apparently 'plague' EoTech.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sparhawk View Post
    The 1-8x has a 3999 USD price tag.
    After reading that I just got a nose bleed.
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